remoteref.java

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package java.rmi.server;

import java.io.Externalizable;
import java.io.ObjectOutput;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

/**
 * Represents a handler to the remote object. Each instance of the
 * {@link RemoteStub} contains such handler and uses it to invoke remote
 * methods via {@link #invoke(Remote, Method, Object[], long)}.
 */
public interface RemoteRef extends Externalizable
{
  /**
   *  Indicates compatibility with JDK 1.1.*
   */
  long serialVersionUID = 3632638527362204081L;
  
  /**
   * For binary compatibility with the JDK, the string "sun.rmi.server".
   * Not actually used for anything.
   */
  String packagePrefix = "sun.rmi.server";

  /**
   * @deprecated use {@link #invoke(Remote, Method, Object[], long)} instead.
   */
  void invoke (RemoteCall call) throws Exception;
  
  /**
   * Invoke a method. This method either returns the result of remote invocation
   * or throws RemoteException if the remote call failed. Other exceptions may
   * be thrown if some problem has occured in the application level.
   * 
   * @param obj the object, containing the remote reference (for instance,
   *          remote stub, generated by rmic).
   * @param method the method to invoke
   * @param params the method parameters
   * @param methodHash a persistent hash code that can be used to represent a
   *          method
   * @return the result of the remote invocation
   * @throws RemoteException if the remote call has failed
   * @throws Exception if one is raised at the application level
   */
  Object invoke (Remote obj, Method method, Object[] params, long methodHash)
    throws Exception;
  
  /**
   * @deprecated use {@link #invoke(Remote, Method, Object[], long)} instead.
   */
  RemoteCall newCall (RemoteObject obj, Operation[] op, int opnum, long hash)
    throws RemoteException;

  /**
   * @deprecated use {@link #invoke(Remote, Method, Object[], long)} instead.
   */
  void done (RemoteCall call) throws RemoteException;
  
  /**
   * Compare two remote objects for equality. The references are equal if
   * they point to the same remote object.
   * 
   * @param ref the reference to compare.
   * 
   * @return true if this and passed references both point to the same remote
   * object, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean remoteEquals (RemoteRef ref);
  
  /**
   * Get the hashcode for a remote object. Two remote object stubs, referring
   * to the same remote object, have the same hash code.
   * 
   * @return the hashcode of the remote object
   */
  int remoteHashCode();
  
  
  /**
   * Returns the class name of the reference type that must be written to the
   * given stream. When writing, this returned name is passed first, and
   * the reference.writeExternal(out) writes the reference specific data.
   * 
   * @param out the stream, where the data must be written 
   * 
   * @return the class name. 
   */
  String getRefClass (ObjectOutput out);
  
  /**
   * Get the string representation of this remote reference.
   * 
   * @return the string representation.
   */
  String remoteToString();
}